Cast-off for suspender-ends



UNITED STAT PATENT O F GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. A

CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDER-ENDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,318, dated December 4,1894.

Application filed May 10, 1 893.

To all uihom it may concern.- a 1 Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, of

New Britain, in the county of Hartford and,

State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cast-Ofis for Suspender-Ends; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to'the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for facilitating the release of suspender ends and the like. Heretofore in devices of this character, while much attention has been given to the production of devices which may be released or cast oif easily, but

little attention has been given to securing. an easy re-engagement of the parts. t Now, it is the main object of my invention to produce a device which can be released with the greatest ease and re-engaged. with equal facility, and it consists: broadly in a cast-0E having two co-operatin g members, one

of which has a passage clear through it for a forward down out of the passage, whereby the parts may be'united and released with the greatest facility.

Further, the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be now described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cast-off embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar. view with the cast-ofi partially released. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional views taken through Figs. 1 and 2, respectively. Fig. 5 is a perspective showing aform of cast-off for perinitting of a swiveling movement. 6 is Serial No. 473,703. at. modelJ the upper end a means for attachment to the suspender or other-garment or supporter.

This may be a buckle of ordinary design, such as shown for instance, where the body of A forms the lower end of the locking tongue of a buckle body B. I

The body A is provided with a guide way or passage straight through it from top to bottom formed by casting, cutting, or as shown, by striking up the sides a and bendingthem over on the front side forming front plates 0,

with an opening between them, thus forming a guide or passage w'ay openon one side from top to bottom and opened at the top for the reception of the co-operating member. The

lower ends of these front plates or overhanging portionsOare formed into inwardlyturned stop catches a, the function of which is to catch and hold the co-operating member when it is dropped or drawn into the passage from the upper end, and the upper ends, of said front plates, are bent outward, and in some instances flared out laterally as at d d to more efiectually guide the co-operating member into the passage, such flared and outwardly bent portions, forming in efiect a wide mouth for the passage into which the co-operating member readily passes. l

The part which I have designated as themoperating member, or, cast-0E proper, is lettered F in the drawings, and is provided with any approved means for attachment to the suspender or garment. As shown, such means consists simply of a loop G, through which the end of the suspender or other part 1 may be caught, but it will be understood that any cast-0E is provided with a projection, shoulder ordinary attaching device may be employed at the option of the manufacturer, the attach member or or stud for cooperation with thestop catches in the body portion, and it is obvious that these projections may take a varietyof shapes, the only essential being that they or it shall be capable of passing through between the are formed by lateral enlargements g on the.

cooperating member, the central portion G of such member, being in this instance, just wide enough to pass between the front plates. Thus the co-operating member or cast off proper in the form shown, may be hooked over the top of the body portion, so to speak, and passing down into the passage, will come to rest against the stop catches. Then, when it is desired to release or separate the two parts, the lower end ofthe co-operating member or cast off is bent or pressed backward, causing the projections to pass 0% the rear edges of the stop catches, and down out of the passage. This movement may be accomplished by putting one finger or the thumb under the center of the device, and pressing forward, when the two parts will be caused to assume an angle with relation to each other and the studs will pass ofi the stop catches and allow the parts to separate.

To prevent accidental separation, the es cape of the studs from the stop catches is normally prevented by a spring which is arranged to hold the co-operating member or cast-off forward, for which purpose, it may be located in the passage itself as at H in Figs. 1 to 5, where it normally presses forward against the face plates and is displaced by the entry of the co-operating member or cast-off. The spring H also has a shoulder or projection h which snapping out over the upper end of the co-operating member or cast-off prevents the same from having a retrograde movement and hence holds it in place, unless positively released.

The shape of the stud or studs on the cooperating member or cast-off may be varied as before indicated. Thus as shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, a simple round, flat headed stud is secured to the back of the co-operating member or cast-off, the head of which stud passes in behind the face plates at the top and comes to rest against the stop catches as in the former instance, the advantage of this structure being that the parts have a swiveling movement on each other to conform more perfectly to the movemehts of the wearer.

In Figs. 6 and 7, it Will be noticed, that the spring, instead of being held by the body as in the former instances, is mounted on the co-operating member or cast-off, and co operates with the outer faces of the face plates, instead of the rear side of the co-operating member or cast-off. In fact, in this instance, the spring which is lettered J is formed by bending the end of the cast ofi back on itself and passing the stud through it, all as shown clearly in said Figs. 6 and 7.

In the practical use of the device, it will be now understood, the co-operating member or cast-0E is lifted to the top of the passage way in the body portion of the device, and the projection or stud allowed to drop down in such passage way until seated against the stop catches; when the two parts will be united. Then when it is desired to separate them, the wearer simply passes the thumb or finger behind the center and draws forward, such movement causingthe parts to pivot as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 and the stop catches and studs to .become disengaged when the natural strain on the parts will separate them; The connecting and disconnecting operations it will be seen from the foregoing, are carried out by a continuous forward movement and the connecting operation is practically as simple as connecting ahook with a ring or equivalent, requiring no manipulation, calling for the least thought or bother. The projection or locking shoulder below which the stud passes, prevents all probability of the device becoming separated accidentally, and hence when the parts are united, the device em bodies the maximum safety with the greatest ease of manipulation in releasing or fastening.

Obviously the shoulder for preventing the retrograde or upward movement of the cooperating member or cast-0E may be formed on the body portion itself, instead of on the spring, as shown for instance in Figs. 1 to 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is-* 1. In a cast-0E, the combination with the body portion having the open sided passage or guide way therethrough, with the sides bent or flared out at the top to form a wide mouth and the stop catches in said passage or guide way, of the co-operating member having the projection adapted to pass through said passage or guide way and co-operate with the stop catches therein to retain the two members in engagement, substantially as de= scribed.

2. In a cast-0H, the combination with the body portion having the open sided passage or guide Way therethrough, formed by bending the sides of such body portion up over to form face plates, fiared or bent out at the top for the entry of the cooperating member and the stop catches interposed in said passage or guide way, of the co-operating member or cast-0E having the projection adapted to pass through said passage or guide way and co-operate with the stop catches therein to retain the members in engagement; substantially as described.

3. In a cast-off, the combination with the body having the open sided passage extending way through the same and at the bottom for the exit of said member formed at the top for the admission of the co-operating member, the stop catches interposed in said passage, the spring and the shoulder for preventing retro grade movement of the co-operating member, her or cast-off having the round headed proof the co-operating member having the projection 0n the rear side adapted to enter-the jeetion for co-operating with the stop catches passage and co-operate with the stop projecand held in engagement therewith by the tions therein to hold the parts in engagement, i 5 5 spring, substantially as described. and whereby a swiveling movement of the 4.; In a cast-0E, the combination with the parts on one another is permitted, substanbody having the open sided passage extendtially as described.

ing way through the same and formed at the GEORGE E. ADAMS. top for the ad mission of the co-operating mem- Witnesses: 1 her, the stop catches interposed in said pas- R. A. MOORE, J r.,

sage and the spring, of the co-operating mem- G. W. TRAUT. 

